You know Starbreeze. They've made sturdy, sometimes spectacular shooters like The Darkness, the Chronicles of Riddick games and this year's Syndicate. Usually, when the Swedish dev studio announces a new game, you usually expect highly stylized sci-fi violence and clever, satisfying gunplay. Their newest game doesn't have any of that. And it looks wonderful.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons springs from the vision of filmmaker Josef Fares. The downloadable game tells the story of two boys looking to find a magical cure for their father's fatal illness. The game comes across like something out of Grimm's Fairy Tales or a Hans Christian Andersen story, what with those wonderfully lush forests and ye olde European style of dress. And, look, some sort of helpful troll!

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Brothers looks like an intriguing shift from Starbreeze's last few efforts and I'm definitely looking forward to it, especially since it reminds me a bit of Papo & Yo. Look for it to hit PlayStation Network, Steam and Xbox Live next spring.